– The Tampa Bay Bucs defeated the New York Giants, 30-7, on Sunday to move to 5-6 on the season and 3-0 vs. the NFC East in 2024. Tampa Bay’s six games with 30+ points scored this season are tied for the second-most in the NFL, trailing only the Buffalo Bills (eight).
– The Bucs had four different players rush for a touchdown on Sunday (Bucky Irving, Baker Mayfield, Sean Tucker and Rachaad White), marking the first-such occurrence in franchise history. Tampa Bay is the first team to record such a game this season and the first since the New York Jets also had four different players score a rushing touchdown on 10/9/22.
– Tampa Bay rushed for 156 yards as a team – the team’s third-most in a game this season. The Bucs have rushed for 100-or-more yards in 8-of-11 games played this season. Through Sunday’s 1 p.m. games, the Bucs rank 10th in the NFL in rushing yards per game (128.1) and sixth in yards per rush attempt (4.9).
– Tampa Bay had 11 different players record a reception in Sunday’s game, which tied for the team’s most ever in a single game. This has happened four other times in team history, with the most recent occurrence on 12/26/20 at Detroit.
– The Bucs totaled 450 yards of offense – the team’s third-most in a game this season. Tampa Bay has amassed 400+ yards of offense five times this season, which is tied for the fourth-most such occurrences across the NFL this season.
– Tampa Bay has recorded six games this season with 250+ passing yards and 100+ rushing yards, which is tied with the Baltimore Ravens for the most-such games in the NFL this season.
– Baker Mayfield completed 24-of-30 passes for 294 yards, with no interceptions, earning a 107.5 passer rating. Mayfield’s rushing touchdown was his third of the season and the 10th of his NFL career.
– Mayfield is the only player in the NFL with 20-or-more passing touchdowns and three-or-more rushing touchdowns this season. He currently ranks second in the NFL with 27 offensive touchdowns through Sunday’s 1 p.m. games.
OFFENSIVE TOUCHDOWN LEADERS – 2024 SEASON
Through Sunday’s 1:00 p.m. Games
Rank Player (Team) Off. TD
1. Joe Burrow (CIN) 28
2t. Baker Mayfield (TB) 27
2t. Lamar Jackson (BAL) 27
Through Sunday’s 1 p.m. games, Mayfield also ranks third in completion percentage (71.4%), third in passing touchdowns (24), sixth in passing yards (2,799) and sixth in passer rating (104.1).
COMPLETION PERCENTAGE LEADERS – 2024 SEASON
Through Sunday’s 1:00 p.m. Games
Rank Player (Team) Comp. %
1. Tua Tagovailoa (MIA) 73.3%
2. Jared Goff (DET) 72.9%
3. Baker Mayfield (TB) 71.4%
PASSING TOUCHDOWN LEADERS – 2024 SEASON
Through Sunday’s 1:00 p.m. Games
Rank Player (Team) Pass TD
1. Joe Burrow (CIN) 27
2. Lamar Jackson (BAL) 25
3. Baker Mayfield (TB) 24
– Bucky Irving contributed a season-best 151 yards from scrimmage on Sunday, rushing 12 times for 87 yards (7.3 avg.) and a touchdown, and hauling in six receptions for 64 yards. His 56-yard rush in the fourth quarter matched the longest run of the season for Tampa Bay.
– Mike Evans led the team with 68 yards receiving on five receptions, surpassing Derrick Mason (12,061) for the 29th-most receiving yards in NFL history and tying Hines Ward (12,083) for the 28th-most receiving yards in league history.
– RB Sean Tucker opened the scoring for Tampa Bay, punching it in from the 1-yard line to cap off Tampa Bay’s 14-play, 70-yard opening drive. The opening drive marked the Bucs’ second-longest of the season in both plays (14) and time (8:23).
– Cade Otton became the fifth different tight end (seventh occurrence) in team history with 50 receptions in a single season and the first since Rob Gronkowski in 2021 (55). Otton finished with one reception for 30 yards.
– Tampa Bay’s defense limited the Giants to just 45 yards of offense in the first half – the fewest allowed by Tampa Bay in any half this season, and its fewest allowed in any half since 11/15/20 vs. Carolina (35 yards allowed in the second half). The Bucs surrendered only three first downs in the opening half, zero points and zero third or fourth down conversions.
– The seven points allowed by Tampa Bay on Sunday were its fewest of the season and the fewest since the team’s 9-0 shutout win over the Carolina Panthers in Week 18 of the 2023 season.
– The Bucs limited the Giants to 245 yards of offense in the game, marking the second-lowest output by an opponent vs. Tampa Bay this season (227 vs. Philadelphia, 9/29/24).
– Lavonte David forced a fumble inside the redzone that was recovered by Calijah Kancey. David now has 31 career forced fumbles, tying T.J. Watt for the second-most among active players and trailing only Khalil Mack (32). He also notched the 69th pass defensed of his career, tying Bobby Wagner for the most among all active linebackers.
– The Bucs tallied 4.0 sacks vs. New York, marking the fifth time this season in which the Bucs recorded 4.0+ sacks in a game, which is tied for the third-most such games in the NFL through Sunday’s 1 p.m. games.
– Calijah Kancey picked up his fifth sack of the year to establish a new single-season career high, in addition to scooping up his first career fumble recovery. Kancey’s 5.0 sacks in 2024 are the most among players with fewer than 250 defensive snaps played this season.
– Antoine Winfield Jr. recorded 1.0 sack, bringing his season total to 2.0 and his career total to 17.0 – the most by a defensive back in franchise history. With the sack he tied Keith Bostic (17.0) for the 14th-most sacks by a defensive back since sacks became an official statistic in 1982.
– Vita Vea picked up his team-leading sixth sack of the season, pushing his career total to 29.5.
– Anthony Nelson contributed a sack in the first half, improving his season total to 3.0 and his career total to 17.5.
– Jamel Dean recorded his first career forced fumble.
– Christian Izien led the team with 10 tackles, matching his career high.